The Atlanta Hawks are a very well-positioned team heading into the summer. They have high-level players on favorable contracts, as well as a re-stocked pile of draft picks.
The 2026 NBA Draft is less than four weeks away and the Atlanta Hawks remain one of the more interesting teams to keep an eye on leading up to and including the draft.
The Atlanta Hawks' season ended nearly a month ago when they fell to the New York Knicks in six games during the first round of the NBA playoffs and Atlanta has gotten a head start on their offseason.
The Atlanta Hawks are officially keeping Onsi Saleh in charge of basketball operations for the long haul. Atlanta announced Wednesday that Saleh has been promoted from general manager to president of basketball operations while also receiving a long-term contract extension.
Following their first playoff appearance since 2023, the Atlanta Hawks promoted general manager Onsi Saleh to president of basketball operations on Wednesday.
As an NBA fan, it hits different when a team's best player is a guy the franchise nurtured from the very start. There's a greater attachment to stars who have been there since the start, who have bled the team's colors since the start of their careers.
There were murmurs out of Philadelphia that Bob Myers might be targeting Hawks general manager Onsi Saleh to replace Daryl Morey — an understandable connection, given the two worked together back in Golden State.
Despite interest from other teams, the Atlanta Hawks have made sure that general manager Onsi Saleh is going to be sticking around. According to ESPN's Shams Charania, Saleh is signing a long-term extension with the Hawks as well as getting a promotion to president of basketball operations.
1:19 pm: The Hawks have officially confirmed in a press release that Saleh is now the team’s president of basketball operations and has signed a “long-term” contract extension.
The Atlanta Hawks are currently in the early stages of an important offseason for the future of the franchise, with executive Onsi Saleh recently having finished as a runner-up for NBA Executive of the Year.
The Hawks find themselves in a bit of an awkward spot after landing the eighth overall pick. Almost everyone has the consensus top four as follows — AJ Dybantsa, Darryn Peterson, Cameron Boozer, and Caleb Wilson in some order.
The Atlanta Hawks are going to have options to go in a number of different directions this offseason. Atlanta has the flexibility to possibly go out and add free agents to their team, along with two first-round picks, while bringing back CJ McCollum and Jonathan Kuminga.
If an NBA player ends a game with 30 points, that's generally a great night. 40 points is fantastic, and 50 points is an event. That's especially true when that type of scoring outburst comes from an unexpected source.
The Hawks have to feel a little better about themselves after getting bounced by the Knicks in six games in the first round, considering New York hasn’t lost a single game since and just clinched their first trip to the NBA Finals since 1999.
The Atlanta Hawks and the Cleveland Cavaliers met the same fate in the postseason, but in different rounds. Atlanta was the first team to run into the buzzsaw that is the New York Knicks, and the Hawks can say that they were the only team in the Eastern Conference to beat the Knicks.
Thanks to the moves that general manager Onsi Saleh and the rest of the Atlanta Hawks front office have been making since last summer, Atlanta is going to have a lot of optionality this offseason.
The Atlanta Hawks were in a rare position this season, as they had a chance to compete in the playoffs, while also having the ability to pick in the lottery.
The Hawks are expected to explore ways to keep CJ McCollum around beyond this season. According to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype, Atlanta has interest in re-signing McCollum after acquiring the veteran guard from the Wizards in the blockbuster Trae Young trade.
Atlanta Hawks Forward Jalen Johnson has been on a steady path of progression in his NBA career, and it took a monster leap tonight. The NBA announced its All-NBA teams, and Johnson was named to the third team.
The Atlanta Hawks have the ability to be one of the most interesting players in the upcoming NBA offseason. Sure, they could just use their draft picks
The Atlanta Hawks are going to have some interesting decisions to make this summer as they try to maintain their status as a contender in the Eastern Conference.
The Atlanta Hawks have the No. 8 pick in the upcoming 2026 NBA Draft, and while the Hawks were hoping that the trade they made with the New Orleans Pelicans would net them the No.
The Hawks aren’t letting 76ers get very far with Onsi Saleh. According to The Athletic’s Tony Jones, Atlanta denied Philadelphia permission to interview Saleh for its top basketball operations opening following the firing of Daryl Morey.
Barack Obama was a two-term President of the United States with a wide range of interests and responsibilities. Yet when he saw Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr last summer, he wanted to ask about the team's roster moves.